The BEST Audio Quality Blu-ray Megathread

[MovieHermit]

Originally Posted by surfdude12

nice choice! that AQ is ridicolous!

Lol I changed my list a little bit its so hard to choose! but yeah Cloverfield ROCKS the house at certain parts of the movie. Its probably my number 1 choice for audio but I took it off my list because some people might not like the shaky camera...the whole movie has a really neat 3D effect with the audio, stuff flying around everywhere!

I forgot the movie THOR too, great audio track!

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by MovieHermit

Lol I changed my list a little bit its so hard to choose! but yeah Cloverfield ROCKS the house at certain parts of the movie. Its probably my number 1 choice for audio but I took it off my list because some people might not like the shaky camera...the whole movie has a really neat 3D effect with the audio, stuff flying around everywhere!

Master and Commander takes the cake in that department.

[surfdude12]

Originally Posted by NeoMaximuz

Man, I was just going to post that. Saw this two days ago and it blew my socks off. Not literally, of course. Definitely a must if you have the set-up.

some guy in another forum said the Helicopter sequences got so intense it set off his house security system!!!!

[surfdude12]

Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

Master and Commander takes the cake in that department.

agreed. I once listened to the opening battle sequence with my eyes closed...I was on that ship!

[Caesu]

For me 3:10 to Yuma was the best audio experience so far out of my collection, not an easy choice to make by far. Just the whole end sequence with the gun shots and the train pulling into the station just made me feel I was right there.

[igotcabada]

Originally Posted by Caesu

For me 3:10 to Yuma was the best audio experience so far out of my collection, not an easy choice to make by far. Just the whole end sequence with the gun shots and the train pulling into the station just made me feel I was right there.

That's a really good pick, might have to watch that one again this weekend

[Kryptonic]

Originally Posted by Batmon77

Ive seen The Incredible Hulk mentioned so many times, but I dont get the big deal.
Only the campus scene has perks.
Most of the movie is people talkin.
And the end fight wasnt that big of a sonic deal IMO.
World War Hulk sounds better....IMO.

The movie sucks ass, but the audio really is top notch.

[MaCruz]

There's tons of great movies out there as far as AQ, but my choice to test out my speakers is The Pacific, Episode 8 - Scene with Iwo Jima. The beginning second of that scene will blow your subwoofers away, plus I like to use this scene to test out rear speakers as well.

[Batmon77]

Originally Posted by Kryptonic

The movie's audio really is top notch.

There have been so many new BDs after it, where i feel it should slide off of the best of lists.

Thor, Capt.America, and X-First Class are better IMO.

[seigneur_rayden]

My newest found demo discs:
Dragon Tiger Gate
Battle LA

[ObiWanShinobi]

Originally Posted by Batmon77

Ive seen The Incredible Hulk mentioned so many times, but I dont get the big deal.
Only the campus scene has perks.
Most of the movie is people talkin.
And the end fight wasnt that big of a sonic deal IMO.
World War Hulk sounds better....IMO.

The Incredible Hulk shook my windows. I remember one specific scene when

[Show spoiler]the Hulk got struck by lightning and in a fit hurled a huge rock towards the sky and roared...GOOD GOD that was loud.

[Bluyoda]

The Tree of Life!

The creation sequence alone is unbelievable!

[calpauly]

I saw this coming soon on Amazon, wonder if it would be worth checking out for my system.

http://www.amazon.com/Blu-ray-Audio-Club-Sampler-Subscription/dp/B007A4FKWM/ref=sr_1_19?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1330040529&sr=1-19

[AlexSing]

Sorry to repeat others' choices but recently these have stood out for me:

Star Wars TPM *puke*

Limitless

Pulp Fiction

Apocalypse Now (amazing stuff)

[DarknessBDJM]

Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

It is the perfect demo disc for PQ and AQ. That movie was made for HD in every possible way. Even the 35mm sequences look almost as sharp as the IMAX scenes, which is definitely a plus.

I'm quite sure it was shot entirely on digital, no 35mm or IMAX (film or digital) cameras used.

[DarknessBDJM]

Originally Posted by herzog4life

I'm sure it's been mentioned:

Akira

...wow.

The audio bit-rate goes as high as 17.9 mbps!

[SK408]

U-571 was crazy when I watched it,had to turn it down cus it was shaking my room to much.

[Flex Mentallo]

I probably have a few odd choices for demo material but in no particular order:

How to Train Your Dragon 2D (2D version is 5.1 TrueHD and 3D version is 7.1)

Akira - Holy Cow

Cloverfield - great directionality and bass

Fright Night (1985) - it's no Transformers but the music and effects are impressive. Gave me a new appreciation of an already fondly remembered classic.

Speed Racer - lossy DD 5.1 but still a solid stunner

Transformers: Dark of the Moon - silly film, great audio

Drive - great movie to go with great music and sound effects and every nuance of dialog can be heard.

Head (part of the BBS Criterion collection) - The Monkees never sounded so good. Great music experience.

Star Wars: Phantom Menace - Pod Race sequence - 'nuff said

Thor - wowzers, most impressive bass and directionality

[Tech-UK]

Originally Posted by DarknessBDJM

I'm quite sure it was shot entirely on digital, no 35mm or IMAX (film or digital) cameras used.

Correct. Run down of cameras used:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1104001/technical

It was just opened up to 1.78:1 for effect.

[timcat4843]

All these flicks on BD have superb audio quality:

Apocalypse Now
The Dark Knight
Colombiana
Godzilla (1998)
Live Free or Die Hard
The Matrix
Pearl Harbor
Punisher: War Zone
Tears of the Sun
Terminator Salvation
Wanted